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GENUS Apocryptodon Bleeker, 1874 FAMILY Oxudercidae Günther 1861 - mudskippers [=Oxudercidae, Periophthalminae, Apocrypteini, Boleophthalmi] GENUS Apocryptes Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837 - mudskippers Species Apocryptes bato (Hamilton, 1822) - bato mudskipper [=batoides, chrysophthalmus] GENUS Apocryptodon Bleeker, 1874 - gobies, mudskippers Species Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker, 1849) - Madura goby [=bleekeri, glyphisodon, lomboyi, malcolmi, montalbani, sealei, taylori] Species Apocryptodon punctatus Tomiyama, 1934 - Ariake goby Species Apocryptodon wirzi Koumans, 1937 - Wirz's goby GENUS Boleophthalmus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837 - mudskippers Species Boleophthalmus birdsongi Murdy, 1989 - Birdsong's mudskipper Species Boleophthalmus boddarti (Pallas, 1770) - Boddart's goggle-eyed goby [=inornatus, plinianus, punctatus, sculptus, striatus] Species Boleophthalmus caeruleomaculatus McCulloch & Waite, 1918 - bluespot mudskipper Species Boleophthalmus dussumieri Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837 - Dussumier's mudskipper [=chamiri, dentatus] Species Boleophthalmus pectinirostris (Linnaeus, 1758) - Chinese mudskipper [=polyophthalmus] Species Boleophthalmus poti Polgar et al., 2013 - Fly River mudskipper GENUS Oxuderces Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 - gobies, mudskippers Species Oxuderces dentatus Eydoux & Souleyet, 1850 - Macao oxuderces [=pellegrini, sericus] Species Oxuderces nexipinnis (Cantor, 1849) - nexipinnis mudskipper [=livingstoni] GENUS Parapocryptes Bleeker, 1874 - gobies, mudskippers Species Parapocryptes rictuosus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) – Puducherry goby Species Parapocryptes serperaster (Richardson, 1846) - Richardson's Macao goby [=cantonensis, henlei, macrolepis, smithi] GENUS Periophthalmodon Bleeker, 1874 - mudskippers Species Periophthalmodon freycineti (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) - pugheaded mudskipper [=australis, freycineti V] Species Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Pallas, 1770) - giant mudskipper [=argentiventralis, phya, ruber] Species Periophthalmodon septemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822) - Hamilton's Indian mudskipper [=borneensis, tredecemradiatus] GENUS Periophthalmus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 - mudskippers [=Euchoristopus] Species Periophthalmus argentilineatus Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837 – barred mudskipper [=africanus] Species Periophthalmus barbarus (Linnaeus, 1766) - Atlantic mudskipper [=erythronemus, gabonicus, koelreuteri, papilio] Species Periophthalmus chrysospilos Bleeker, 1853 - Bangka mudskipper Species Periophthalmus darwini Larson & Takita, 2004 - Darwin's mudskipper Species Periophthalmus gracilis Eggert, 1935 - Javan mudskipper Species Periophthalmus kallopterus Bleeker, 1854 - Ambon mudskipper [=albostriatus, fuscatus, harmsi, musgravei, velox] Species Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831 - common mudskipper [=angustiformis, ceylonensis, dipus, notatus, parvus, regius, sobrinus, striopunctatus, vulgaris] Species Periophthalmus magnuspinnatus Lee et al., 1995 - Korean mudskipper Species Periophthalmus malaccensis Eggert, 1935 - Singapore mudskipper Species Periophthalmus minutus Eggert, 1935 - minute mudskipper Species Periophthalmus modestus Cantor, 1842 - Shuttles hoppfish [=cantonensis, modestus T] Species Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis Eggert, 1935 - Merauke mudskipper [=expeditionium, murdyi] Species Periophthalmus novemradiatus (Hamilton, 1822) - Pearse's mudskipper [=pearsei] Species Periophthalmus pusing JaaFar et al., 2016 - Pusing mudskipper Species Periophthalmus spilotus Murdy & Takita, 1999 - Tebing Tinggi mudskipper Species Periophthalmus takita Jaafar & Larson, 2008 - Takita's mudskipper Species Periophthalmus variabilis Eggert, 1935 - Cilacap mudskipper [=asiaticus, sumatranus, tidemani] Species Periophthalmus walailakae Darumas & Tantichodok, 2002 - Thai mudskipper Species Periophthalmus waltoni Koumans, 1941 - Walton's mudskipper Species Periophthalmus weberi Eggert, 1935 - Weber's mudskipper GENUS Pseudapocryptes Bleeker, 1874 - gobies, mudskippers Species Pseudapocryptes borneensis (Bleeker, 1855) - Bornean mudskipper Species Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Cuvier, 1816) - elongate mudskipper [=callirurus, changua, dentatus, edwardi, lanceolata, taylori] GENUS Scartelaos Swainson, 1839 - gobies, mudskippers [=Apocryptichthys, Boleops] Species Scartelaos cantoris (Day, 1871) - Andaman mudskipper [=glaucus] Species Scartelaos gigas Chu & Wu, in Chu et al., 1963 - Ta Chen mudskipper Species Scartelaos histophorus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1837) - walking goby [=aucupatorius, campylostomus, chinensis, guttulatum, macrophthalmus, novaeguineae, punctularum, sinicus, viridis] Species Scartelaos tenuis (Day, 1876) - Indian Ocean slender mudskipper GENUS Zappa Murdy, 1989 - mudskippers Species Zappa confluentus (Roberts, 1978) - New Guinea slender mudskipper.
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